Patents by Inventor Gerald Friesenecker

Gerald Friesenecker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9661926
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers has a carcass rail, a drawer rail, and a central rail which is moveably mounted between the carcass rail and the drawer rail. At least one carriage is mounted in a moveable manner between at least two rails of the pull-out guide. A synchronization apparatus avoids running faults of the pull-out guide, and the synchronization apparatus has at least one synchronization wheel which interacts firstly with the one carriage and secondly with a running surface which is arranged on one of the rails. The synchronization wheel is in the form of a gear with two pinions with different diameters. The first pinion and the second pinion are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein, when one pinion moves, the other pinion also moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Friesenecker, Ulrich Greussing
  • Patent number: 9624709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flap drive system for a flap which is movably mounted on a furniture carcass. The flap drive system is arranged on a sidewall of the furniture carcass. The flap drive system includes a mechanical actuating unit having an actuating arm that can be connected to the flap and an accumulator acting upon the actuating arm, and an electric drive, fastened on the mechanical actuating unit for driving the flap. The electric drive has at least one electric motor, and a gear stage which allows the transmission of force from the electric drive onto the mechanical actuating unit. The gear stage is designed as a separate component, and has a housing that is independent from the mechanical actuating unit and the electric drive or an independent mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Friesenecker, Wolfgang Bohle
  • Publication number: 20160242542
    Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture drive (4) for ejecting a moveable furniture part (3) from a closed end position relative to the body of the item of furniture (2), comprising; a housing (9), an electric drive unit (10) which is arranged in or on the housing (9), an ejection lever (12) which can be driven by the electric drive unit (10) for transferring a movement to the moveable furniture part (3). The ejection lever (12) is mounted so that it can rotate about a rotational axis (11) on one side and comprises a free lever end (13) on the other side. Said ejection lever (12) comprises an ejection surface (14) between the rotational axis (11) and the free lever end (13). Said ejection surface (14) of the ejection lever (12) comprises, at least in sections, a toothing (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Gerald FRIESENECKER, Wolfgang BOHLE
  • Patent number: 8590990
    Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture flap drive comprising an electric drive having an electric motor and a mechanical actuating unit having an actuating arm, the mechanical actuating unit and the electric drive being separate components and being releasably fastenable to each other. The actuating unit has a bearing in which the electric drive can be suspended, the suspended electric drive being swivelable about the bearing towards the actuating unit. A locking device is mounted at a distance to the bearing and can be used to lock the electric drive, in a preferably releasable manner, with the actuating unit once the latter has been swiveled open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Gerald Friesenecker
  • Publication number: 20130002115
    Abstract: A pull-out guide for drawers has a carcass rail, a drawer rail, and a central rail which is moveably mounted between the carcass rail and the drawer rail. At least one carriage is mounted in moveable manner between at least two rails of the pull-out guide. A synchronization apparatus avoids running faults of the pull-out guide, and the synchronization apparatus has at least one synchronization wheel which interacts firstly with the one carriage and secondly with a running surface which is arranged on one of the rails. The synchronization wheel is in the form of a gear with two pinions with different diameters. The first pinion and the second pinion are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner, wherein, when one pinion moves, the other pinion also moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Gerald FRIESENECKER, Ulrich Greussing
  • Patent number: 8317276
    Abstract: A furniture drive is provided for driving a movable piece of furniture. The drive includes an electric motor, an actuator that can be moved back and forth between two end positions to apply a force on the piece of furniture to be driven, and a gearbox connected between the electric motor and actuator. The gearbox has at least one gear stage configured as an eccentric gearbox and includes two gear wheels that mesh with each other. One of the two gear wheels is firmly connected or coupled to the actuator, and the other gear wheel is coupled to the electric motor such that the eccentric gearbox has two limit positions which correspond to the end positions of the actuator. Upon a rotation of the gear wheels, starting from the limit positions, the gear ratio decreases over a deformed rotational angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Edgar Huber, Gerald Friesenecker
  • Patent number: 8303055
    Abstract: A furniture flap drive is provided with a first component having an electric motor and with a second component having an adjustment arm, wherein the first component and the second component can be fastened releasably to each other, and a force transmission device is provided to move the adjustment arm, wherein a positioning device can be used to adjust the position of the force transmission device, and wherein the first component can be fastened to the second component in at least two, preferably at least three, different positions of the adjustment arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Scheffknecht, Gerald Friesenecker
  • Publication number: 20120056521
    Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture flap drive comprising an electric drive having an electric motor and a mechanical actuating unit having an actuating arm, the mechanical actuating unit and the electric drive being separate components and being releasably fastenable to each other. The actuating unit has a bearing in which the electric drive can be suspended, the suspended electric drive being swivelable about the bearing towards the actuating unit. A locking device is mounted at a distance to the bearing and can be used to lock the electric drive, in a preferably releasable manner, with the actuating unit once the latter has been swiveled open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Gerald FRIESENECKER
  • Publication number: 20120049709
    Abstract: A furniture flap drive is provided with a first component having an electric motor and with a second component having an adjustment arm, wherein the first component and the second component can be fastened releasably to each other, and a force transmission device is provided to move the adjustment arm, wherein a positioning device can be used to adjust the position of the force transmission device, and wherein the first component can be fastened to the second component in at least two, preferably at least three, different positions of the adjustment arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Uwe SCHEFFKNECHT, Gerald Friesenecker
  • Publication number: 20120032570
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flap drive system for a flap which is movably mounted on a furniture carcass, the flap drive system being arranged on a sidewall of the furniture carcass. The flap drive system comprises: a mechanical actuating unit having an actuating arm that can be connected to the flap and an accumulator acting upon the actuating arm, an electric drive, fastened on the mechanical actuating unit, for driving the flap, said electric drive having at least one electric motor, and a gear stage which allows the transmission of force from the electric drive onto the mechanical actuating unit. The gear stage is designed as a separate component and has a housing that is independent from the mechanical actuating unit and the electric drive or an independent mounting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Gerald FRIESENECKER, Wolfgang BOHLE
  • Publication number: 20110062842
    Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture drive for driving a movable piece of furniture, comprising an electric motor, an actuator that can be moved back and forth between two end positions to apply a force on the piece of furniture to be driven, and a gearbox connected between the electric motor and actuator, the gearbox having at least one gear stage that is configured as an eccentric gearbox and comprising two gear wheels that mesh with each other, characterized in that one of the two gear wheels (7, 8) is firmly connected or coupled to the actuator (4) and the other gear wheel (7, 8) is coupled to the electric motor (3) such that the eccentric gearbox (6) has two limit positions, which correspond to the end positions of the actuator (4), and upon a rotation of the gear wheels (7, 8), starting from a first of the two limit positions to the other limit position, the gear ratio decreases steadily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Edgar HUBER, Gerald FRIESENECKER
  • Publication number: 20100327717
    Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture drive for driving a movable piece of furniture, comprising an electric motor, an actuator that can be moved back and forth between two end positions to apply a force on the piece of furniture to be driven, and a gearbox connected between the electric motor and actuator, wherein the gearbox has at least one gear stage configured as an eccentric gearbox and comprising two gear wheels that mesh with each other, wherein one of the two gear wheels is firmly connected or coupled to the actuator and the other gear wheel is coupled to the electric motor such that the eccentric gearbox has two limit positions, which correspond to the end positions of the actuator, and upon a rotation of the gear wheels, starting from the limit positions, the gear ratio decreases over a deformed rotational angle range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Edgar Huber, Gerald Friesenecker